In 1880 C. G. Napier was a media celebrity in San Antonio. His advice to farmers and ranchers about raising crops and animal husbandry was published in the San Antonio Express under the pseudonym of Greeley #2 and was widely read throughout south Texas. Greeley #2 traveled throughout Texas and wrote about people, places, and agricultural practices.

On March 11, 1884, Constable Casanovas of Precinct 4, living in St. Hedwig, became an eyewitness to the events at the Vaudeville Theater in San Antonio in which King Fisher and Ben Thompson were killed. His role as law enforcement at the event was attested to in the coroner’s inquest. Casanovas became a celebrity from his association with this widely publicized event.

In June of 1862, D. A. Saltmarsh was accused of seditious language against the Confederacy States of America and sent to San Antonio. In San Antonio in July 1862 by Special Order 385, by Brig. General Hamilton P. Bee, Saltmarsh was found guilty of “seditious and disloyal language” and sentenced “to be confined for the space of twelve months, and at the expiration of that period to be sent beyond the limits of the Confederate States.”